Nancy Jarvis has been selected as the Ocean Pines Pine’eer Craft Club July crafter of the month. She creates decorative wreaths, mirrors and home decor trimmed with sea shells. Her designs are available for purchase in the Ocean Pines Pine’eer Craft and Gift Shop, White Horse Park, every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4… Read more »
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Olive Mawyer Inform Members Of New Chamber Office And Upcoming Events
Berlin Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Olive Mawyer recently informed the members of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines – Ocean City about the new Berlin Chamber office at 14 S. Main Street and upcoming events.
Hundreds Enjoyed Snow Hill Area Fireworks
Hundreds of people enjoyed a wonderful afternoon and evening at the Snow Hill Area Chamber fireworks event on the Pocomoke River last Friday. Above, Apple Drug mascot Candy Apple is pictured attendees at the event.
Gabrielle Anthony Spoke To The Kiwanis Club
On June 29, Gabrielle Anthony, pictured with her grandfather Don Brisbane, spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City at the Ocean Pines Community Center weekly meeting about her plans to attend Salisbury University this fall where she will major in Elementary Education and Theater Arts. Anthony was one of the club’s scholarship winners this spring.
Bevereley Stoakley Recipient Of Outstanding Leadership Award
Bevereley Stoakley is the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Leadership Award from Philips Lifeline. Stoakley, Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s (PRMC) Lifeline Program Manager, was presented the award June 28 for the work she does on behalf of seniors in the community. Pictured, above from left with Stoakley, are Susan Hurley, Senior Territory Manager-Corporate Accounts for… Read more »
Things I Like
by Steven Green
Fireworks over waterThe cast of The OutsidersIgnoring a ringing phoneThe first night on clean sheetsThe story behind Phillips FoodsWatching my son jump in a poolSkipping rocks on the bayPeople watching on the beachOld clothes that still fitNot working on the Fourth of July When traffic is not as bad as expected
Restoration Funding Drop Worries Official
SNOW HILL — One Worcester County Commissioner called out an area newspaper in a public meeting this on what he deems a misleading article on the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund.Commissioner Virgil Shockley referenced an editorial in The Daily Times during a commission meeting Tuesday. The editorial praised the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for… Read more »
State Approves Boat Slip Plans
OCEAN CITY — Controversial plans to extend a pier and add eight new boat slips in a highly congested area of the Little Assawoman Bay are back on the fast track after the state’s Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a wetlands license application for the project.About two years ago, the Portofino townhouse community… Read more »
Mid-Town Hotel Project Clears Commission Hurdle
OCEAN CITY – Plans for a new hotel, Hampton Inn & Suites, in mid-town Ocean City received the go-ahead from resort planners this week.The applicant, Island Hotel Properties Inc., was on the agenda of the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday evening as it approached final site approval. The site plan review was of a… Read more »
Oglesby Plans To Retry Murder Case After Mistrial
SNOW HILL — It remains uncertain just who shot and killed a Pocomoke man last December after the prime suspect’s trial in Worcester County Circuit Court last week ended in a mistrial.For three days last week, a Worcester County jury listened closely as prosecutors attempted to build a first-degree murder case against Skylor Harmon, 19,… Read more »